La MaMa Umbria International  Summer, 2018 - Spoleto, Italy

“Open your heart and come and you will have many open hearts in return.“

– Joan Allen

Symposium for Directors: Experiments in Performance Creation

(July 16 - 30, 2018)

This year, we explore cutting-edge experimental theatre that crosses boundaries and intersects with other…

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PLAYWRIGHT RETREAT August 9 - August 18

Playwrights will participate in writing workshops led by award-winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. Recently, Branden was awarded the 2014 Obie award for Best New American Play for two works of his, Appropriate and An Octoroon.…

MASTER ACTING WORKSHOP July 29 - August 7

Participants will recieve in-depth training in international performance techniques.  Columbia University School of the Arts professor Nicholaz Wolcz will lead workshops on Mask Work and finding the Ur-Scene. Teresa Wełmińska and Andrzej Wełmiński, alumni of legendary Polish director Tadeusz Kantor's Cricot 2 Theatre, will lead workshops on Cricot 2's methods for generating…

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM FOR DIRECTORS 

A training program for professional directors, choreographers, actors and others. Internationally renowned theatre artists conduct workshops and lecture/demonstrations. During the Symposium, participants will travel to Umbrian towns such as Orvieto, Perugia  or Assisi to get a taste of Umbrian art and culture. Performances at local arts festivals and community fairs are…

SITE SPECIFIC CREATIVE RESIDENCY June 16–29, 2015

in Spoleto at La MaMa Umbria for La MaMa Spoleto Open and Festival di Spoleto 

A two-week creative residency on site-specific performance …